Senior Specialist - Cybersecurity Architecture

Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

Department: Qiddiya Technology

Workplace: on_site

Description

• Design and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture frameworks and standards.
• Review solution, infrastructure, cloud, and application architectures to ensure security requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define security architecture principles, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Conduct architecture risk assessments and recommend appropriate security controls.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, and Application teams to integrate security-by-design principles.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend secure implementation approaches.
• Support cloud security architecture across Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud environments.
• Define requirements for Identity & Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust, network segmentation, encryption, and privileged access.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements (NCA ECC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum 3–4 years in Cybersecurity Architecture or Security Engineering.